Found Morels!!

[DARK30]

1oz of dried morels for $17 near the produce isle! I counted about 13 or 14 in the package...crazy.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Your such a tease!!!

[Mid-Lake Rock]

Please, don't ever do that again. I was ready to call my brother and run out the door to my favorite pick sites.

[TonkaBass]

LMAO!

[harvey lee]

NO teasing, a friend told me he picked 7 the other day.

[ilikefood]

Haha! I actually found some just like yours in the grocery store today as well. 1/2 oz for $12 (!)

[gundy89]

looks like some stuff you buy in college. ;0

[toughguy]

looks like some stuff you buy in college. ;0

I have no idea what you're talking about

[itchmesir]

looks like some stuff you buy in college. ;0

pssh.. I wish they were only $17 for an ounce

[lispeej]

Someone once told me that if you harvest morel at the wrong time, it could be poisonous. Is there any truth to that?

[DARK30]

Its purdy hard to go wrong with morels.

[TonkaBass]

Only if its in the fall. Those ones are false morels, and they aint good!

[Jameson]

Only if its in the fall. Those ones are false morels, and they aint good!

Not entirely true.

There are some false morels that grow prior to and at the same times as morels.

[Stick in Mud]

False morels? I'm a shrooming rookie, and I've picked a few morels, but false ones? Maybe I've been eating the wrong kind?!?

[leech~~]

False morels? I'm a shrooming rookie, and I've picked a few morels, but false ones? Maybe I've been eating the wrong kind?!?

Good Morels are all hollow in the middle from stem to top when you cut them in half. False morels are more solid troughout the stem.

The saying is 'if it's hollow you can swallow"

GOOD Morel

BAD Morel

[Matt Breuer]

Here are some beefsteaks (false morels). You can see that they look NOTHING like a morel.

[itchmesir]

they look like brains.. maybe if you eat them.. you turn into a zombie

[Stick in Mud]

Yuck. Those things look disgusting.

Thanks, guys....saving me all sorts of discomfort!

[ilikefood]

Has anyone had any luck with morels so far this year in the TC metro area? Will the forecast for rain this weekend help some pop in the next week or two? Any ideas from the "pros"? Thanks!

[leech~~]

Has anyone had any luck with morels so far this year in the TC metro area? Will the forecast for rain this weekend help some pop in the next week or two? Any ideas from the "pros"? Thanks!

Went and checked again last night and nothing yet! This cold weather is really not helping.

[Johnny_Magellan]

Hey Leech, did you check North or South part of the metro? I might get out tonight for a couple hours to see if anything's popped in the SW metro...

[leech~~]

Hey Leech, did you check North or South part of the metro? I might get out tonight for a couple hours to see if anything's popped in the SW metro...

Um yep!

[NoWiser]

Patience, fellow mushroom hunters! Just by looking at the undergrowth in the woods in the south metro here, it will be at least a week before I head into the woods, and probably a little longer than that. We are just not quite there yet. The 10 day forecast calls for cool, wet weather. That is good I think. I'm guessing it will start ramping up in about 2 weeks. Nothing wrong with heading out and getting some exercise now, just don't get your hopes up!

[harvey lee]

I agree it could be 2-3 weeks yet. As soon as we get some rain and warm nights, then things should be about ready.

I always figure when the Lilacs are blooming and the bugs are bad in the woods, then it is time.

[croixeyes]

Well!!!!! I may have been down in the Redwing area yesterday, And may have found 20 greys.So you may not have to wait 2 weeks to find some.It was very dry where I found them,they probably popped Sunday.The cold did not harm them,but I suspect it did keep more from popping.I can usually find well over a hundred in the area I was hunting.We need that rain to get things going.